Re: Where Are Bodies Kept?

Dorie Kelley (shamrock@smart.net)
Tue, 27 May 1997 09:03:14 -0400 (EDT)

Bodies of deceased dieing during the winter were still kept until the
ground thawed 20 years ago. But we did have the funeral parlor to keep
them. I shall ask my family what happened to Grandma in the 1930's and
respond again. Dorie Adams Kelley

On Tue, 27 May 1997, Sue Pawley wrote:

> Hi Folks!
> Back on the "who is buried where topic"...
> If someone died in the middle of winter back at the turn of the century, I
> would expect that the body would be "kept" somewhere until the ground is
> thawed enough to dig the grave, correct?
> Also, back then it was common for the dead to be "laid out" in one's home
> or the home of a relative rather than be held at a funeral home, wasnt it?
> So, concidering all of the above, between the time of the death, and the
> time that the ground is thawed enough for grave digging, where would a
> deceased person's body be kept?
>
> Sue Pawley
> trottr@icanect.net
> searching Greene/Green, Church, George, Van Vlack, Kogl, Throm
>

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